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Study finds biodiesel blend reduces total particle mass in emissions but may have greater adverse health effect per mass than diesel

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liter Volkswagen light-duty diesel engine and Klam dynamometer running at various throttle and brake settings over a 9-mode steady-state cycle to enable triplicate time-resolved measurement of particle number distributions with a scanning mobility particle sizer. nm and a shoulder that corresponded to the B0 peak at ?51

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Study finds PM from biodiesel blends may be 50-80% less toxic per unit PM mass than from petroleum diesel

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OP in oxidized aerosols, including engine exhaust, is commonly quantified using the DTT (dithiothreitol) assay. Error bars are one standard deviation from the mean, letters indicate statistical similarity. nmol/min/mg PM for B0 and B100, respectively, and from 22.6 ± 4.5 PM-normalized DTT Activity for biodiesel exhaust PM.

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Birmingham study finds butanol-gasoline blend reduces GDI engine-out carbonaceous emissions; similar NOx

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A team at the University of Birmingham reports that a blend of 33% v/v of butanol in EN228 commercial gasoline containing 5% of ethanol (B33) reduces GDI (gasoline direct injection) engine-out carbonaceous emissions, while maintaining similar levels of NO x emissions when compared to standard gasoline combustion at low and medium engine loads.

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